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A stage with a red backdrop and gilded shrines holding deity murtis is filled with seated saints in saffron and orange robes behind silver-edged low tables with flower offerings. Several bearded elders with long white beards sit at the table line, one in a red-and-orange turban and rudraksha mala. Seen from behind, a large audience of women and girls in white clothes with orange shawls sits on the floor facing the stage, many with hair in plaits or buns. The setting suggests a gathering of sadhus at a Kumbh event.